Yes Please by Amy Poehler, 329 pagesI know I'm not the first person on this blog to experience the fun that is Amy Poehler's Yes Please, but I might be the first to have experienced the majesty of the audiobook. Poehler's book is part memoir, part general musings on life, complete with lots of stories about the Upright Citizens Brigade, Saturday Night Live (the story about Jon Hamm is my favorite), and Parks and Recreation. This you will experience in the hard copy book form, which probably shouldn't be knocked.
HOWEVER, the treasure is in the audiobook, which Poehler reads herself with the assistance of several others, including her parents, Seth Meyers, Parks and Rec co-creator Michael Schur, and three up-and-coming actors: Patrick Stewart, Carol Burnett, and Kathleen Turner. Stewart offers a dramatic recitation of Poehler's haikus about plastic surgery, while Turner plays the role of the nasty voice in Poehler's teenage head (you know, the one that always tells you you're not pretty enough). I'll let you discover Carol Burnett for yourself. Possibly the best part of the audiobook, however, is the final chapter, which Poehler reads before a live audience. Poehler was meant to be in front of an audience, and the way she feeds off their reactions is palpable.
To recap: yes, go ahead and read the book book version if you really want to. But then listen to the audiobook. I can guarantee it's better.
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